Administrative Rules of the Unified Court System & Uniform Rules of the Trial Courts

Rules of the Chief
Administrative Judge

PART 109.
Attendance Of Persons At Hearings To Determine The Mental
Condition Of A Person

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109.1 Attendance . . .to determine the mental condition of
a person.

Section
109.1 Attendance at civil proceedings held pursuant to
Mental Hygiene Law, or other law, to determine the mental
condition of a person

In exercising the inherent discretion possessed by the judge
who is presiding in the courtroom to exclude any person or
the general public from a civil proceeding held pursuant to
the provisions of the Mental Hygiene Law, or other law, to
determine the mental condition of a person, the judge shall
consider whether the orderly and sound administration of justice,
including the nature of the proceedings and the privacy of
the parties, requires that persons be excluded from the courtroom.
Whenever a judge exercises discretion to exclude any person
or the general public from such proceeding, the judge shall
make findings prior to ordering exclusion.